A Different Holding Pattern, Episode 456
We can rely on the wisdom and expansiveness of our own hearts to hold and respond to the complexity of the world…
though it's easy to ignore this as we pursue our strategies of trying to be right, or be in control, when it's hard to see a way through grief, or confusion, or anger, or self-righteousness. An invitation to do what leaves do - absorb the fierce energy that shines upon them and turn in into nourishment - with wonderful words by our friend Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.
Hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
Our source for this week:
A Different Holding Pattern
March 3, 2022
If I am to hold the world in my heart,
then let me hold it the way leaves hold sunshine,
trapping the energy not for the sake of holding it,
but to transform it into nourishment.
Though the process isn’t simple, it’s common.
All around the globe, in every season,
leaves hold and synthesize
whatever the day gives them.
On a day when the energy of the world
seems too much to hold,
let me bid my heart turn
like a leaf to the sun
and make sugar.
The way Rilke turned grief into sonnets.
The way Sibelius turned war into song.
Photo by Brittany Lee on Unsplash